Esther Badosa has been working at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology at the University of Girona since 1995. Currently, she is a researcher in the Centre of Innovation and Development of Plant Health (CIDSAV) at the Technological and Scientific Park, UdG. Her research focuses on Plant Pathology, especially in minimizing the use of chemical pesticides and in the development of sustainable management strategies for the control of plant diseases. She has a particular interest in using new alternative products that include microbial biological control agents and synthetic antimicrobial peptides. She has also experience in developing molecular tools for monitoring and quantifying viable cells of microorganisms and carrying out gene expression studies in plants and bacteria.